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Here is what two aqua farmers developed for folks him. Ramachandra Raju and Venu Dantuluri comes up with an app that helps aqua farmers improve yields and quality of the produce. The app, Aqua App, targets 75,000 aqua farmers along the Andhra Pradesh coast, listing out manufacturers of the feed and avoiding the middlemen in transactions.
Venu, along with investor Prakash Dantuluri has put in a seed fund of $1,00,000 to develop the app.
Available in in Android and iOS app stores, the app also provides information about the weather, latest information in the aqua industry and market prices, giving the farmers visibility of the complete ecosystem.
“Over 1,000 farmers have downloaded the app so far. They have seen value in the app as it provides real-time information on weather and prices,” Venu Dantuluri said in a statement on Tuesday.
"Farmers get advice on feed, get direct access to top manufacturers and daily market prices,” Ramachandra Raju, who is the President of Delta Fish Farmers Welfare Association, said.
Venu said the team would like to reach out to all the 75,000 aqua farmers in the State in the next few months. “After getting good numbers in Andhra Pradesh, we would like to target the aqua farmers in Odisha and West Bengal,” Venu said.
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